Belt securing and adjusting means



Oct. 19, 1937. G. A. STEINER BELT SECURING AND ADJUSTING MEANS Filed Feb. 11, 1936 flu 622L 02" GEOBGE AJTE/NEE 53 I4TTOENE Ki Patented Oct. 19, 1937 UNITED STATES PATE Application February 11, 1936, Serial No. 63,381

4 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in beltattaching means and is particularly concerned with means for permanently attaching a belt and at the same time allowing vertical waistline adjustment thereof, to suit difierent figures.

A valuable application of the invention is in the laundry art, for example Where a laundry company provides washable belted garments, such as smocks and uniforms, and contracts to collect, wash and return the garments to the proper parties. Although the belts of many garments are originally permanently attached, by stitching, it is common for the user to remove the stitching, so that proper height adjustment can be made to suit the particular figure. The belts are not, however, re'sewed to the garment by the user. The soiled garment and separated belt are then thrown into the laundry bag.

The laundry is called upon to sew the belts on again, and thus the problem of identification and sorting by the laundry is made more diflicult. In other cases, the belts are originally separate from the garments, butin any case it is necessary for the laundry to try to match the belts to the garments. This is ordinarily done by applying identification marks on garment and belt. All of this very much increases the work of sorting and consequently the cost of operation. In case of colored goods, which are slightly faded, as a result of laundering, th replacement of the lost belt is objectionable because of the difference in color. It is, therefore, desirable to make the belts adjustable so that the user will not feel called upon to detach the belt for this purpose.

The present invention allows adjustability with permanent attachment, all by means of a'very simple, cheap and efficient construction.

Objects, features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description of the drawing forming a part of this application, and in said drawing Figure 1 shows a garment having a belt permanently attached by means of this invention;

Figure 2 is an enlarged rear View of the garment with part of the belt broken away to show the arrangement of the straps or loops;

Figure 3 is a horizontal section on line 33 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a vertical section on line 4-4 of Figure 2 showing the belt adjusted in low posi tion;

Figure 5 is a section on line 55 of Figure 2 showing the belt adjusted in high position;

Figure 6 is a modification in which only one set of straps is used, instead of two'sets, as in Figure 2; and

Figure 7 is a rear View of. a garment showing a modification in which a strap longer than the width of the belt is attached vertically to the garment.

Numeral I indicate any suitable garment, and numeral 2 indicates a belt for the garment. The preferred form of the invention (see Figure 6) primarily broadly consists of only two straps or loops. One of the straps is indicated at ii, and

is horizontally arranged, and is attached by its opposite ends to the garment by suitable stitching 1, thus forming a loop. The other strap 8 passes between strap 6 and the garment, and is arranged transversely of the belt, and vertically of the garment, and is attached by its'opposite stantly hidden for all adjusted positions *of the.

belt, see Figures 4 and 5. It is further noted that both straps lie in a plane intermediately of the belt and garment.

In Figures 1 and 2, two sets or pairs of straps or loops have been used. A set is placed at each side of the mid-line of the garment.

In the modification of Figure '7, a long loop ill is vertically arranged and is attached at its opposite ends as by stitching at H to the garment. In this case, the length'of the strap is substantially greater than the width of the belt, but only two straps to the set are used. The secondstrap indicated at l4 passes between the first strap and the garment and is attached at opposite ends 7 as at Hi to the belt, and extends in a direction lengthwise of the belt. This construction allows for greater vertical adjustment of the belt. Although two sets or pairs of loops have been shown,

in Figure 7, it is, of course, understood that only one set of this kind may be used, as in Figure 6.

The main feature of the invention is'the invisibility of the loops for all adjusted positions and, therefore, the preferred forms of the inven-' tion are shown in Figures 1 to 6, inclusive. However, in both forms of the invention, all loops lie in a plane intermediately of the belt and garment, and this is also a feature.

It is noted that, in one instance, the vertical loop is attached to the belt as in Figure 6 and in the other, the vertical loop is attached to the ment as in Figure '7.

I am aware that attempts have been made to provide devices for the general purpose herein,

but insofar as I am aware, no one has ever suchaving; a horizontal loop passing and s'lidable through the vertical loop of the belt and disposed between the belt and the garment.

3. In combination with a garment, a belt havinga loop which extends width-wise thereof, said garment having a loop passing and slidable through the loop of the belt and arranged approximately at right angles to the belt loop, both loops being disposed between the belt and the garment, the width of the garment loop being substantially less than the length of the belt loop.

4. In combination with a garment, a belt having on its inner face a vertical loop of a length not greater than the width of the belt, said garment having a horizontal loop passing and slide-' able through the vertical loop of the belt and disposed between the belt and the garment for vertical motion within the belt loop.

' GEORGE A. STEINER. 

